BILL NUMBER: ACR 98	CHAPTERED  08/14/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   103
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   AUGUST 14, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 10, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   JULY 6, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 12, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Baugh

                        JANUARY 6, 2000

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 98--Relative to the U.S.
Submarine Veterans WWII Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 98, Baugh.  U.S. Submarine Veterans of WWII Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 1 between Long Beach and Huntington Beach as the U.S. Submarine
Veterans of WWII Memorial Highway.
   The measure would request the Department of Transportation to
determine the cost of erecting appropriate signs or markers showing
that special designation, and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering that cost, to erect those signs or markers.




   WHEREAS, The U.S. Submarine Veterans WWII National Memorial West
is located at the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station and honors the 52
boats and over 3,500 sailors lost on World War II submarines and the
two submarines lost in the Cold War, the Thresher and the Scorpion;
and
   WHEREAS, This memorial was conceived, designed, built, and is
maintained by the L.A. Area Chapter of the U.S. Submarine Veterans
WWII, an organization that continues to serve its community by doing
volunteer work at the Long Beach Veterans Hospital and for families
of service members at the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station, and by
participating in parades honoring our veterans and our country; and
   WHEREAS, From December 7, 1941, to August 14, 1945, the U.S.
Submarine Service comprised about 2 percent of naval personnel but
accounted for 55 percent of the Pacific Theater's enemy losses, and
rescued hundreds of downed allied flyers, including former President
George Bush; and
   WHEREAS, Seven of these courageous submariners earned our nation's
highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, two of which were
awarded posthumously after the recipient paid the ultimate price for
freedom; and
   WHEREAS, The year 2000 marks the centennial anniversary of the
commissioning of submarines in the U.S. Navy; and
   WHEREAS, Veterans of World War II are passing away at a rate of 10
percent per year, and it would be appropriate to publicly honor
their significant accomplishments and sacrifices while some survivors
are still with us; and
   WHEREAS, This public display memorializing the achievements of
veterans of submarine service will remind future generations of the
sacrifices that their grandparents and great grandparents made during
World War II and stand as an eternal symbol that the State of
California honors and remembers its veterans; and
   WHEREAS, It is fitting and proper that the portion of State
Highway Route 1 from the intersection of Golden West Street in
Huntington Beach to the intersection of Westminster Avenue in Long
Beach be designated the U.S.  Submarine Veterans of WWII Memorial
Highway; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates that portion of
State Highway Route 1 from the intersection of Golden West Street in
Huntington Beach to the Orange County boundary as the U.S. Submarine
Veterans of WWII Memorial Highway; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of erecting appropriate signs or markers,
consistent with signing requirements for the state highway system,
showing that special designation, and, upon receiving donations from
nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs or markers;
and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.
